The canvas tension of any Winsor & Newton stretched & primed canvas should be suitable for painting on without the use of the wedges. However after a period of time either after or during painting, the tension...

Artist’s sketch and draw on many different surfaces but the most popular surface for drawing and sketching is cartridge paper. Cartridge paper obtained its name from being used to wrap gunpowder for cartridges...

Both Distilled Turpentine and Artists' White spirit can be used for diluting oil colour and cleaning brushes. There are however distinct differences between these two solvents. Distilled Turpentine is more viscous than...

Canvas can mean different things to different people. In the context of painting, the word ‘canvas’ means a fabric used as a painting surface. The difference is that sometimes the canvas is made from...

If you intend using a lot of water in your water colour painting, then it is important to stretch your paper before starting to avoid cockling - this is where the sheet wrinkles and forms ridges that are almost impossible...

Priming your canvas by applying a layer or two of gesso to the surface will help the colours in your work really stand out. When using oil colour on canvas, and the canvas is poorly primed, the oil may sink...